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Turning your head ~90 degrees to the left just to be able to see Slack(or any other windows) is for me an productivity nerf, not a boost. What's wrong with Alt/

Turning your head ~90 degrees to the left just to be able to see Slack(or any other windows) is for me an productivity nerf, not a boost. What's wrong with Alt/Option - Tab instead? In my life I experimented with 3 monitors, 2 monitors, one monitor, ultra widescreens, square aspect ratio displays, and a mix of several of those, etc. and I find the best productivity setup is when I have everything centered in my narrow/focused field of view, regardless of how many displays there are or what their aspect ratio is. If I have too many or too wide displays, needing me to turn my head/neck to the side to see what's on them, it's just useless real estate and extra shit I have to manage and organize, wasting my brain power and concentration on managing the multi-monitor setup instead of on work. FWIW, currently I have a single 32 inch(27 would work too) 4k display straight in front of me, and switching workspaces via Meta Key + Scroll wheel is way more desk-real-estate, monetarily and energy eficient and more ergonomic than moving my neck to another display on the side that's just sitting there displaying a picture that nobody's looking at 90% of the time. But in a past job 12+ years ago, I loved having the two work-provided Philips 20 inch 4:3 1600x1200 IPS displays right in front of me. One of those in landscape with the IDE, the other rotated in portrait for the browser/documentation. That was peak DPI, windowing and ergonomics before 16:9 "HD" displays ruined vertical real estate and productivity with their "cinema" TV aspect ratio. Shame you can't get cheap monitors like those anymore in good condition(their CCFL lamps dimmed over time by now). Also, R.I.P. Philips display panels. Anyway, back on topic, this video feels like justifying the purchase with flashy multi window gimmicks instead of showing actual ergonomic improvements. The proof will be in the pudding. Will the author stick to that sprawling neck twisting setup long term, or will he switch back to a more conventional setup once the novelty of his new toy wears off and his video got enough views? FWIW 2, I have a Quest 3 for gaming, and could never use that for work due to the limited narrow FoV(~110°) that make it more like "binoculars vision" than actual virtual/augumented "reality". And according to the experience of MKBHD(Marques Brownlee) on YT, the Apple VP has an even narrower FoV than that. Ouch! That does not sound optimistic for productivity at all. IMHO 130°+ should be the norm for FoV going forward. Anything narrower and I feel like I'm wearing horse blinkers.

andsoitis 3y ago
Not only does more real estate imply ergonomics issues, real estate that's too sprawling leads to distraction.
arichard123 3y ago
I agree. I use hot keys to bring the app I want into view, rather than bend me neck this way and that all day.
xnx 3y ago
Exactly. You can only focus your attention on a limited area regardless of number of screens. A head-turn is a worse interface for switching information than a shortcut key.
- turtlebits 3y ago
  Everyone works differently. I use several monitors at work and definitely have to turn my head a few degrees to focus on my secondary. I use an ultrawide at home. I'm way more productive with more display area than a single display using virtual workspaces and shortcut keys.
  - jwells89 3y ago
    Similarly I do better with multiple monitors and infrequent app/workspace switching than I do with one monitor switching apps/workspaces constantly. In fact one of the reasons my gaming PC doesn’t often do double duty as a Linux workstation is because it only has a single monitor and no matter how I configure shortcuts for switching apps and workspaces, I always find myself irritated to the point of distraction trying to get work done. All my real work happens on my dual monitor Mac setup.
exitb 3y ago
I’m a very happy single screen + spaces user. I’d love this kind of setup in VR, where there’s an easy way to rotate around the spaces for longer work in a given area, but still be able to quickly glance.
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andsoitis 3y ago

Not only does more real estate imply ergonomics issues, real estate that's too sprawling leads to distraction.

arichard123 3y ago

I agree. I use hot keys to bring the app I want into view, rather than bend me neck this way and that all day.

xnx 3y ago

Exactly. You can only focus your attention on a limited area regardless of number of screens. A head-turn is a worse interface for switching information than a shortcut key.

turtlebits 3y ago
Everyone works differently. I use several monitors at work and definitely have to turn my head a few degrees to focus on my secondary. I use an ultrawide at home. I'm way more productive with more display area than a single display using virtual workspaces and shortcut keys.
- jwells89 3y ago
  Similarly I do better with multiple monitors and infrequent app/workspace switching than I do with one monitor switching apps/workspaces constantly. In fact one of the reasons my gaming PC doesn’t often do double duty as a Linux workstation is because it only has a single monitor and no matter how I configure shortcuts for switching apps and workspaces, I always find myself irritated to the point of distraction trying to get work done. All my real work happens on my dual monitor Mac setup.

exitb 3y ago

I’m a very happy single screen + spaces user. I’d love this kind of setup in VR, where there’s an easy way to rotate around the spaces for longer work in a given area, but still be able to quickly glance.

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